Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Dear Friend...I have been very, very busy crocheting these past few weeks...And did think it was time to just relax and sit for a day...A quite time to just take it all in and have a tea...and bicscuit...Oh well the truth a few biscuits...But I know you aren't counting so that's ok...

and planning of course what is to come...Yes some very big news soon...I am so excited I will burst but all will be told by the end of May...and I know you will just be as thrilled as me...

We are starting to clear a little area for a outside spot...To sit in the mornings and read the paper and chat and relax...It just so happens to be the very spot where I take most of my pics so I am beginvery careful to instruct "digging Husband" just where to dig and where not to dig...as I really love the ivy on this wall and would hate it to be chopped up...and he does have a tendency to dig willy nilly...and all of a sudden I end up with something total different to what I had planned in my mind...Oh those husbands have to be watched closely...don't they...

and I did manage a fabby thrifty trip this week too...The outfit was completed all in on op shopping trip...Tights...just kind of like Tif's...less the pretty lace...Wrap dress...Singlet underneath...to keep me warm...and shrug that although mass produced it has a lovely crocheted panel in the backand is a very sweet colour...Shoes from previous op shopping trip but still from the same place...I get so chuffed when an outfit just falls into place...So I don't have to think too hardabout it all...as I really hate spending ages wondering what to put with what...And my sea of clothes seems to be a mile high as I think the amount I can get fromop shopping and the price I can manage to get more for my money than buying new...and find lovely things that I know I would never be able to afford new...Which also means that "penny watching Husband" doesn't mind either...Well I think we both like putting our spare change into projects for around the house...so it works out quite well...

But I really couldn't go past a thrifty find that is just amazing...above...LOVE!!!Really needs a wash but I am rather worried about doing it myself...That might get put aside for the dry cleaners...I have only ever been to the dry cleaner twice in my life so I will be waitingfor the time when I have a few things to take...and that way when they all come back clean and smelling just lovely I will be able to tell myself that,"that wasn't so bad"...and maybe not leave it so long the next time...I do hope that your week is as thrifty as mine...But if not maybe sitting with a cup of tea and a couple of biscuits in a pretty spotwill be just sweet and lovely...Regards my dear...Michelle...Loving The Vintage...

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Dear Friend...The school holidays seem to have gone so slowly this time...Maybe now that all of them are at school I actually miss the time I have to myself when they are there...We went to Nundle for the Chinese new year festival...and it was just the most amazing thing...Great street performances and so many stalls...and yummy food...It was just lovely to now have weekends off to do that sought of thing...We missed so much when we had the pub...We have been to the movies twice this holiday...and at the start of the first movie we realised that this was the first time "little miss" had been...Now that's just sad....I hadn't really thought about things like that until now...Like going places together as a family...It was always so much of a rush or just too hard when you have a business that was 7 days a week...We all now know the importance of just saying...Make time!!!

We have also managed to finish of "my shadows"room, which was a huge job as the walls were horrid and the whole thing needed gaping and well cleaning...He had to share with "little miss" until it was finished so we were all keen to get it done...as "little miss" has so much "clutter" in her room there was really only room for a spare bed and all of his things were boxed up while it was getting finished...Now he has a very spacious room and he "loves" it...And to finish...I have been crocheting away in my spare time!!!lol...yes I have spare time...amazing really...I think that is the spare time that I really should be cleaning up the house...folding the washing...or even making beds...But crocheting seems to relax me...and that just helps!!!

and remember...crocheting can just make it all a little bit brighter...Regards dear friend...Michelle...